enfurruñar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French enfrogner (to frown),[1] from Old French froigner (to frown or scowl), from Gaulish *frognā (nostril), from Proto-Celtic *srognā. Cognate with Spanish enfurruñar and French renfrogner.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

enfurruñar (first-person singular present enfurruño, first-person singular preterite enfurruñei, past participle enfurruñado)

  1. to frown
  2. to get angry; to sulk

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “enfurruñar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

enfurruñar

  1. only used in se ... enfurruñar, syntactic variant of enfurruñarse